WorksheetsCloze Passage 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
The honey bee is a very unusual kind of insect. ______ other insects which live alone, the honey bee lives as a ______ of a community.
From, group
Instead, quantity
Unlike, member
These bees live ______ in what is known as a bee colony.
same
together
with
community
The head of the colony is called the queen bee. She is larger than the______ of the bees.
rest
other
different
more
Her main task ______ the colony is to lay eggs.
on
with
of
in
Most of the ______ bees are the worker bees.
rest
other
different
many
These bees ______ nectar and pollen from flowers.
bring
gather
collect
take away
The nectar ______ is carried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then converted ______ honey.
that, into
which, onto
which, into
The worker bees also help look ______ the young bees.
among
after
into
with
As soon as the eggs are ______, the worker bees feed the young bees pollen and nectar.
lay
brew
contrive
hatched
The third type of bee found in the colony is the drone or ______ bee.
boy
male
man
it
The main task of ______ a bee is to mate with a new queen.
such
other
its
over
The queen bee has a life ______ of about three years.
long
last
length
span
______ this period, she would have ______ more than half a million eggs.
After, throw
While, leave
When, drop
During, laid
___18___ the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed.
During
When
Unlike
Now
This new queen would eventually take ______ the 'duties' of the old queen when the ______ dies.
above, end
flipped, closing
over, latter
